"The purposes of Caseros have not been fully met." Press and politics, an approach to El Argentino by José Hernández

Abstract

During the year 1863, when the consequences of the Battle of Pavón were not yet resolved and are still being experienced, the celebration of Caseros is the occasion and the opportunity to position oneself politically on that recent past. This article analyzes the perception that El Argentino, a newspaper edited during that year in Paraná by the poet José Hernández, has in this regard. Within the framework of the “unification of the nation” plan promoted by President Bartolomé Mitre, the aim is to show how this commemoration serves to discuss the policies of the national government (among others, the idea of fusion of parties, the distribution of national income, the interventions in the provinces) and, at the same time, the place assigned in the event to both Urquiza and Mitre.